From Animal Lib NSW: (Australia)
ACTION - LIVE EXPORT TRADE
On Wednesday next week 5/10/05, Democrats Senator Andrew Bartlett
will move a motion in the Senate seeking to reverse the recent
reintroduction of the live export trade to Saudi Arabia.
Whilst there is little chance of the motion succeeding, it is
important for there to be a debate on this issue and for the
positions of each party and Senator to be on the record.
Past public actions, such as a petition expressing concern about
the trade signed by over 100 000 Australians, have shown that
there is widespread opposition to the continued operation and
expansion of live animal exports.
Please do what you can before Wednesday afternoon, Oct 5th, to
make your views known to Senators of the other parties.
If you require further information about the motion, you can
contact me at the details listed below.
Averil Bones
Adviser to Senator Lyn Allison
Leader of the Australian Democrats
(02) 6277 3169 or 0439 660 039
Averil.Bones@aph.gov.au
Hi All,
Can you please each call one of the following senators within
the next few days to urge them to reconsider the resumption of
the Live Export trade to Saudi Arabia on the following grounds:
Sheep will go experience extreme heat stress as they are
subjected to degrees ranging from 30 to sometimes 50 degrees
celcius coming into the middle of summer.
After such a long time on the oceans they will experience eye
infections and a substantial degree of blindness resulting from
the mixture of dry feed dust and salt in the air
They will be subjected to brutal handling at the end of their
journey as seen in 60minutes footage 2 years ago.
No amount of training or education that they say they have put
into animal handlers in the middle east will be able to prevent
the fact that the sheep will be killed whilst fully conscious and
are obvious to their fellows pain and suffering.
Some will not be able to walk and will be left behind to be
trampled on.
Some will be sick on the boat and be thrown into the mincer
sometimes whilst still conscious.
The live export trade is not sustainable and we must put all our
efforts into stopping the brutality that is involved in it.
Please spare a minute and make the call - we need to get this
topic back into the political arena and show that we are not
happy with a resumption of the Saudi Trade - nor live exports in
general
Emails are good, but it'd be great if you put in a couple of phone
calls as well if possible.
Here is a list that might help: Senator Ian Macdonald, Senator
Ron Boswell, Senator George Brandis, Senator Ian Campbell,
Senator Kim Carr, Senator Anthony Albanese, Senator Chris
Ellison, Senator Steve Fielding, Senator Jan McLucas, Senator
Ursula Stephens.
You can find their contact details here:
http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/senators/index.htm
Thanks for your support.
Bookmarks